バスはほとんど空で行ったり来たりしていた。
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English Translation
The buses ran back and forth almost empty.
Furigana
バスはほとんど空 で行 ったり来 たりしていた。
Romanji
Basu wa hotondo sora de okona tari ki tari shiteita.
Words
バス
(バス)
bus; bath; bass
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
殆ど
(ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
空
(そら)
sky; the heavens
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
行う
(おこなう)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
たり
(たり、だり)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action
来る
(きたる)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
Kanji
Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become